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Behind the Scenes: The Making of CPT®

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In Healthcare Business Monthly
Oct 1st, 2018
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Updating CPT® every year is a job for the CPT Editorial Panel, many stakeholders, and you. CPT® is the most widely accepted procedural coding medical nomenclature used across the country. For more than 50 years, physicians and other healthcare professionals have relied on the CPT® code set to communicate with colleagues, patients, hospitals, and insurers ...
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What’s the Best Career Path for Me?

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In Audit
Jul 10th, 2018
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Credentials open many doors to career opportunities. Which one will you enter? AAPC provides training and examination for every certification you could ever need to work in the business of healthcare. If you are new to the business of healthcare, you may not know which certification will help you to achieve your dream job. You ...
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MEdical coding's far reach

The Far Reach of Medical Coding

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In career growth
Jul 6th, 2018
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Your medical coding work is more important than you know. We asked a few experienced medical coders how their work ties to other things in life. This is a rather ambiguous question, to which we received four very different responses. Sara Boyce, CPC, CPMA, AAPC Associate: For me, medical coding has made me a better ...
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You Just Graduated High School. Now What?

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Jun 15th, 2018
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Consider a career as a healthcare business professional. The hoopla of graduating high school is over, and now everyone is asking you, “What are you going to do next?” You might give the obligatory response, “Go to college,” because that’s what everyone expects. But is that the right answer? Learn a Trade that Pays Unless ...
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medical coder potential

Unlock the Full Potential of a Medical Coder

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In AAPC News
Jun 13th, 2018
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A medical coder transforms healthcare diagnosis, procedures, medical services, and equipment into universal medical alphanumeric codes. Those codes are taken from medical record documentation, such as physician’s notes, laboratory and radiologic results, etc., to be paid by insurance carriers and government payers. Medical coders check the medical chart to ensure the codes are correct and ...
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